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Ben Ajaero

Ben Ajaero

Ben Ajaero is Executive Editor at Ninth Heaven, with a passion for fostering cultural and spiritual growth through poetry, philosophy, and thoughtful content.

📍 Gadigal, Australia

Incorporation of the Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association

The Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association has been registered as an incorporated association in New South Wales under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009.

The Classic of Filial Piety (孝經 - Xiao Jing) — James Legge Edition

The Classic of Filial Piety (孝經 - Xiao Jing) — James Legge Edition

The Classic of Filial Piety (孝經 Xiao Jing) is one of the Confucian classics. In Xiao Jing, Confucius discusses with his disciple, Zengzi, filial piety as the source of nascent virtue.

Respecting Antigone

Culture & Identity

Respecting Antigone

This is the commiserating heart that is both rare and common: common as in all men and women possess it; rare as in few bring it to finality. Antigone was able to maintain her original heart and develop her virtue, immortalising herself and her love for her loved ones.

The Ascension, and Will of Heaven

Issue #1 Blue Winter (Aug 2025)

The Ascension, and Will of Heaven

We have a moral prerogative, an instillation within our nature, a call of destiny, that those of us, those of us with ability–or with the impetus to seek to become capable–must thoroughly transform and be the bedrock and foundation of our culture.